The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-08
To-Day's Elections.

The interest in the elections which occur
to-day is not confined 10 the States in which
they are held The returns will be closely
watched for evidences Of changes in public
sentiment which will have an important
! bearing upon the national contest next year
Elections occur to-day in New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Iowa.
g, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts and Virginia.
The interest in the New York election is
| greater than that in any other State. A
Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer,
! Attorney General State Engineer and Sur
veyor, nine Supreme Court Judges and the
! Legislature. are to be elected. There are
! five tickets, viz: The Democratic, Repubh-
! can, United Labor, Progressive Labor and
Prohibition tickets. There is considerable
uncertainty about the strength of the
United Labor and Prohibition parties, and
the estimates of the results of the election
are not, therefore, regarded as very reliable.
The local contest in the city Of New
York may have some influence upon the
result in the State, though those who are
best informed do not believe that this in
fluence will be as marked as some of the
politicians pretend TO believe There is no
doubt, however, that the result in the State
will have great deal to do with shaping
political events next year.
Virginia elects a portion of her Senate
and a House of Delegates. OF the holding
over Senators seventeen are Democrats and
four are Republicans. 1t is not believed
that the Republicans can elect fifty of the
hundred members of the House of Dele
gates, and there is nothing to indicate that
the Legislature will not be Democratic by
fair working majority
The campaign in Ohio has been conducted
with more feeling than that of any other
State. An entire State ticket, including
Governor and legislature is to be elected.
II is hardly probable that the Democrats
will carry the State About all that they
hope to accomplish is to cut down the usual
Republican majority. Gov. Foraker, who
leads the Republican ticket, has been striv-
ing to largely increase the Republican ma
jority With the hope of calling the attention
Of his party to himself as an available can
didate for President or Vice President.
Oregon votes on three constitutional
amendments and they are quite important
ones. One is to prohibit the sale and manu-
facture ofintoxicating liquors. another is to
change the day of the State election from
June to November. and the other is to in
crease the salaries of her Supreme Court
Judges
Pennsylvania votes for a Treasurer and a
Judge of the Supreme Court. While the
State is undoubtedly Republican there are
complications which give the Democratic
ticket bare chance of being chosen.
The Democrats will, of course, carry
Maryland. A Governor. other State Off
GERS and a Legislature are to be elected.
The question whether a convention shall be
called to revise the State constitution is also
to be voted upon. The Republicans, aided
by alleged Reformers, have been making
a very active canvass, but the defeat which
they sustained at the municipal election in
Baltimore few days ago leaves no doubt
that they will be defeated to-day.
Iowa elects Governor, and, of course,
the Republican ticket win be chosen. There
is a straightout Greenback ticket in the
field, but its support is so Insignificant that
it is hardly worth noticing.
The contest in New Jersey is over the
Legislature Eight Senators are to be
chosen and all of the lower House of the
General Assembly. The election in that
State is interesting because, to the extent of
the Senators, it involves the election of a
successor to United States Senator Nc
Pherson.
Nebraska is a Republican State, and will
undoubtedly elect the Republican ticket
A Supreme Court Judge and two regents of
the State University are to be elected.
The campaign in Massachusetts, has not
attracted much attention outside of that
State A Governor, other State officers
and a Legislature are to be elected. The
Democrats say that they have a chance to
elect their candidate for Governor, and it is
to be hoped that they will not be disap-
pointed. The probabilities are, however,
that the Republican candidate will be
chosen by a fair plurality. The re-
turns, which the MORNING News will pub
lish tomorrow morning, will give very
good idea of how the elections have gone.